Tuesday, July 11, 2006

DC Direct JLA Action Figures: Flash and Green Lantern

These two are from the same series as the gorgeous Wonder Woman, and they did not disappoint the girls. They have the same limited-but-playable range of motion (knees, elbows, hips, and elbows, shoulders will extend out as well as go up and down, NO waist turning, neck turns back and forth, and Flash's head will also nod up and down). The Green Lantern is the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern. They both look good and seem pretty sturdy; Flash comes with a kid-sized Flash ring, and GL comes with a lantern for recharging.

And they look good. Flash's costume is pretty simple--not a lot of detail--but he looks like Flash. Green Lantern is wearing the third (?) version of his costume--the one with the collar?--and the stylized lantern motifs aren't just painted on, they're embossed into the surface. Green Lantern's hair is spiked up and looks reasonable.

And they are still shorter than Wonder Woman. I had assumed that they'd be taller (since they're part of the same series) and that she was only taller than the other ones because they're part of a different series--but both Flash and Green Lantern are, in fact, shorter than she is. That's how they planned it :).

(Oh, the pics are the 11-year-old's idea. She also took them.)



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